Festive Coquette

Lophornis chalybeus (Temminck, 1821)

Spanish: Coqueta Verde Sureña

The Festive Coquette (Lophornis chalybeus) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Lesbiini (coquettes). It weighs about 3.0 g and its bill is 16.3 mm long. It is found only in Brazil. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a stable population.

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At a glance

Weight

3.0 g, about 3 paperclips

Bill

16.3 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, stable

Endemic

Found only in Brazil

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Lesbiinae coquettes and brilliants
3. Tribe Lesbiini coquettes
4. Genus Lophornis coquettes

What Lophornis share: Tiny birds. Males have crests and fans of spotted or spangled feathers on the neck.

Where it lives · 1 country

• Brazil

Others in the genus Lophornis

• Butterfly Coquette Lophornis verreauxii
• Peacock Coquette Lophornis pavoninus
• Spangled Coquette Lophornis stictolophus
• Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae
• Rufous-crested Coquette Lophornis delattrei
• White-crested Coquette Lophornis adorabilis
• Short-crested Coquette Lophornis brachylophus
• Frilled Coquette Lophornis magnificus
• Dot-eared Coquette Lophornis gouldii
• Tufted Coquette Lophornis ornatus

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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